# Brian Becker > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Brian_Becker > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Brian_Becker.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Becker > Source revision: 1349803643 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American politician}} {{other people}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Brian Becker | image = Brian Becker (7302425520).jpg | caption = | office = Member of the
[Connecticut House of Representatives](/source/Connecticut_House_of_Representatives)
from the [19th](/source/Connecticut's_19th_House_of_Representatives_district) district | term_start = January 2011 | term_end = January 2017 | predecessor = [Beth Bye](/source/Beth_Bye) | successor = [Derek Slap](/source/Derek_Slap) | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | party = [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) | spouse = Laura Gold Becker | children = {{plain list| * Casey Becker * Cary Becker }} | alma_mater = {{plain list| * [University of Pennsylvania](/source/University_of_Pennsylvania) ([B.A.](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts)) * [Boston University School of Law](/source/Boston_University_School_of_Law) ([J.D.](/source/Juris_Doctor)) }} | awards = | signature = | website = }} '''Brian Becker''' is an American politician who was a [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) member of the [Connecticut House of Representatives](/source/Connecticut_House_of_Representatives), where he represented the 19th Assembly District, which consists of portions of [West Hartford](/source/West_Hartford%2C_Connecticut), [Avon](/source/Avon%2C_Connecticut), and [Farmington](/source/Farmington%2C_Connecticut).{{cite web |url=http://www.housedems.ct.gov/Becker/index.asp |title=State Representative Brian Becker |publisher=Housedems.ct.gov |accessdate=2016-02-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216160851/http://www.housedems.ct.gov/Becker/index.asp |archive-date=2016-02-16 |url-status=dead }} A graduate of [Hall High School](/source/Hall_High_School_(Connecticut)) in West Hartford, Becker attended the [University of Pennsylvania](/source/University_of_Pennsylvania), where he received a bachelor's degree in economics and history while also serving as the Quaker mascot in 1984. He then went on to attend [Boston University School of Law](/source/Boston_University_School_of_Law), where he earned his J.D. Becker first ran for the [Connecticut House of Representatives](/source/Connecticut_House_of_Representatives) in 2010, when then-Representative [Beth Bye](/source/Beth_Bye) declined to seek reelection and instead ran for the [Connecticut State Senate](/source/Connecticut_State_Senate). Becker defeated [West Hartford](/source/West_Hartford%2C_Connecticut) Board of Education member Terry Schmitt in the August 10 [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) primary, and went on to defeat [West Hartford](/source/West_Hartford%2C_Connecticut) Town Councilor Denise Berard Hall in the general election.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ct.gov/sots/lib/sots/State_Rep.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-02-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151229015928/http://www.ct.gov/sots/lib/sots/State_Rep.pdf |archive-date=2015-12-29 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.statementofvote-sots.ct.gov/StatementOfVote/WebModules/ReportsLink/StateRep.aspx |title=Ussencd |publisher=Statementofvote-sots.ct.gov |date=2012-08-14 |accessdate=2016-02-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127170329/http://www.statementofvote-sots.ct.gov/StatementOfVote/WebModules/ReportsLink/StateRep.aspx |archivedate=2015-11-27 }} Becker has since been reelected in 2012 and 2014. In 2016, Becker announced his retirement from the legislature.{{Cite web|url=http://we-ha.com/west-hartfords-derek-slap-to-run-for-state-house-after-brian-becker-announces-retirement/|title = West Hartford's Derek Slap to Run for State House after Brian Becker Announces Retirement|date = 20 May 2016}} ==Electoral history== {{Election box begin |title=[Connecticut House of Representatives](/source/Connecticut_House_of_Representatives) General Election 2014: 19th District}} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Brian Becker |votes = 6,147 |percentage = 57.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Mark Zydanowicz |votes = 4,580 |percentage = 42.7 |change = }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin |title=[Connecticut House of Representatives](/source/Connecticut_House_of_Representatives) General Election 2012: 19th District}} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Brian Becker |votes = 8,266 |percentage = 62.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Jon Landry |votes = 5,010 |percentage = 37.7 |change = }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin |title=[Connecticut House of Representatives](/source/Connecticut_House_of_Representatives) General Election 2010: 19th District}} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Brian Becker |votes = 5,824 |percentage = 52.8 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Denise Berard Hall |votes = 5,203 |percentage = 47.2 |change = }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin |title=[Connecticut House of Representatives](/source/Connecticut_House_of_Representatives): [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) Primary Election 2010: 19th District}} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Brian Becker |votes = 1,446 |percentage = 56.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Terry Schmitt |votes = 1,108 |percentage = 43.4 |change = }} {{Election box end}} ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Becker, Brian}} Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Jewish state legislators in Connecticut Category:Democratic Party members of the Connecticut House of Representatives Category:Politicians from West Hartford, Connecticut Category:University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences alumni Category:Boston University School of Law alumni Category:Connecticut lawyers Category:21st-century American Jews Category:21st-century members of the Connecticut General Assembly --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Brian Becker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Becker) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Becker?action=history)). 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